High-dose chromium(III) supplementation has no effects on body mass and composition while altering plasma hormone and triglycerides concentrations

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-66

  Bennett, Randall ^a   Adams, Bobbi ^a   French, Amanda ^a   Neggers, Yasmin ^b   Vincent, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartame; Body composition; Cholesterol; Chromium; Cr3; Insulin; Leptin; Rats; Saccharin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHROMIUM; HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLASMA; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ASPARTAME; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMIUM; EATING; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SACCHARIN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33751178187     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:113:1:53     Document Type: Article

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